‘A week after that dinner, on the night that Gretzky broke the record instead, Perreault had a hat trick that staked the Sabres to a 3-1 lead. The old lion roared – and then, after the Edmonton Oilers had tied it, 3-3, their young lion roared back.’
Erik Brady: Ovechkin’s chase of Gretzky recalls Gretzky's chase of Esposito – in Buffalo
Source: Buffalo News